If you are a thinking person, you will have already recognised one of the greatest truths in life and history.IDEALISTS CAN NEVER BE TRUSTED!
It is right and proper that people embrace ideals but idealists are a totally different kettle of fish and seldom pragmatic in any people-centred way, they are so blinded by the thought process itself, ALL else becomes invalid to them. They are the dangerous; the do-gooders; the trotskyites; terrorists and sowers of dissension.
Their life view is perceived as so valid that it can be presented democratically but if it meets opposition, then any methods are acceptable to implement the ideas. These may include: dishonesty, violence, suspension of liberty, terror, war, dictatorship. The ideals themselves are slavishly adhered to at the cost of democracy and free speech.
Stalin, Pol Pot and even Hitler meet the criteria. The best current examples you ask? - Well, we are talking about any ideas which emerge from the liberal elite - what did you think political correctness was actually for? It serves a purpose.
Note how readily the EU also fits the pattern.
The test? - Easy. Am I allowed to debate it - or will I be shouted down or ignored?
Funny how idealists as described are nearly always from the oppressive left.
